Regarding Loki, Part 5: Uncomfortable Truths

Some of it has been due to some other matters on my plate, but by and large? What else can I say? How can I say it? At this point, people who have made strong opinion on this matter aren’t willing to be wrong. Loki is their Satan, because that’s what they want him to be. I almost shelved the series indefinitely, until I recalled one of Loki’s greatest tools.

The uncomfortable truth.

So let’s take a quick look at some of percieved truths of Loki’s detractors, and see what they really look like when you stop for a second and read between the lines.

What seems to be agreed upon: Snorri Sturluson’s recounting of our myths and legends shows that Loki is an enemy of the Gods. The uncomfortable truth: Snorri Sturluson also suggested that they weren’t…